A disinterested teen looked made her way to the front register and gave nick a half smile. ‘Can I help you?’ Nick gave a lopsided smile and gave ... quick glance at her name badge. ‘May I, Ladonna, May I.’ She frowned and said rudely, ‘You want something?’ Nick glanced at his cell phone and realized he did not have much time. ”Uh, coffee.” ‘You want regular or the McCafe?’ Ladonna said starring at her fingernails. ‘Regular.’ ‘A dollar, eight.’ Ladonna said, reaching for the Styrofoam cup. He. She did in fact understand where he was coming from. Her family was in the thick of political turmoil far too often."I'm stubborn, they're stubborn, you could imagine how well this goes," Harry said.Gabrielle walked behind Harry and started to use her hands to massage his shoulders."Ms. Delacour….." You look tense, sir, and it's my job to help you out in any way I can," Gabrielle said. "Your wife….made it clear what all my responsibilities are."Gabrielle continued to massage Harry's shoulders.. It had started to drizzle, and it seemed to fit the mood. We ate slowly and finished too soon. I had some parting shots and after a deep breath, I jumped in.“Kayla, how many college credits are you going to have by the end of this school year?”“Fifteen, if I pass them all and then the tests at the end.”“I don’t think you’ll have a problem with that. From where I sit, you have a couple of choices. You can keep going to high school, accumulating college credits and then apply to a traditional. ‘Yes.’ ‘Sign here please,’ he said. Looking at the envelope Diana asked, ‘What is it?’ as she signed. ‘You’ve been served,’ the man said while walking away. Diana seemed stunned. Served? She thought. She opened the letter and began to read. Suddenly, she let out, ‘That son-of-a-bitch! That fucking son-of-a-bitch!’ Diana did not use curse words that often, those just came out. Carl as ball-less as he was, had just served divorce papers on her while he was out of town. ‘That bastard! That God.